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    "Visualize in the Bill Of Material" / vb Question

    we use v5r14 On the properties window of any product there is a check box option entitled "Visualize in the Bill Of Material" Is there any way for some vb code to access/control/affect this button? Does anyone know if the button's value is stored in some (hidden) parameter? thanks, all...hope...
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    Port & Polish to a mirror finish

    Ok, I have to know what you did to get that finish! Besides a lot of elbow grease ;) ~Matt
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    Port & Polish to a mirror finish

    I was told that having a high polish in the combustion chamber my lead to need to run a higher octane fuel. The high polish reflects more heat and increases the likelihood of spark knock. The benefit however may be and increases in thermal efficiency. ~Matt
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    Engine software

    I’m looking at getting software that will be able to give me a baseline and allow doing iterations of multiple design changes without getting into finite element methods. (that will come later) The lotus software sounds pretty good. The only problem is that I will also need to model pressure...
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    Engine software

    Can I get some recommendations on software to simulate internal combustion engines and what are the pros and cons of this software? What are some of the experiences with the software? What kind of capabilities dose it have and what are some of the limitation. Regards, Matt
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    Metallurgy

    WOW thanks everybody... I really appreciate the help and great suggestions.... looks like I have a lot of reading to do. Best wishes ;) ~Matt
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    Metallurgy

    arunmrao could you give me the isbn numbers of the books you recommended Thanks ~Matt
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    Metallurgy

    Can anyone recommend a good book on metallurgy? I am interested in both ferrous and non-ferrous metals. I would like to learn more about the basics and get a better understanding about the heat treating and structure. Any help would be greatly appreciated. ~Matt
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    Automation Sequece...Create start and stop

    Dose anyone know how to create the start and stop activity's for a Sequence. There is almost no documentation to speak of. ANY help would be greatly appricated. thank you ~Matt
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    Body name from selection

    I have a real question for the CAA programers out there. I have a selection from wich I return the selected element. I cannot find a way of returning the name of the body that aggregates the selection. I can get into the Brep and hack out the name of the object that was selected, but no way of...
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    Carbon Fiber Valve Cover

    Just a simple question, what resin would be suitable for use in a carbon fiber valve cover? Could epoxy be used or dose the exposure to the engine oil require the use of a vinyl ester. And if epoxy can be used which are suitable for the task. Thanks to all. Matt
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    Drawing curves with equations (epitrochoid)

    Hello...I'm using CATIA V5R7 I would really apprecate the files that you are refering to. If you could send them to me via email at otx12@hotmail.com I would be very thankfull.
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    Drawing curves with equations (epitrochoid)

    I am trying to create a shape know as an epitrochoid in CATIA. I have a few possible approaches: 1) I have created a spread sheet that contains all the X and Y coordinates needed to create the shape (360 points). How could I use the Excel spread sheet to generate points that I could connect...
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